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Office of Civil Defense

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Type: Organization

Name: Office of Civil Defense

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Military offices out of PRO-6 camp

THE POLICE Regional Office (PRO-6) is bent on asking non-PNP offices to vacate Camp Delgado following the fire and explosion that destroyed several offices and properties inside the police headquarters.Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz, Jr., PRO-6 director, said ... [Published The Daily Guardian - May 16 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Ordnance, Noel Coballes, Office of Civil Defense

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

CST Kontra I Piligru Exercise To Begin May 21

Guam News - Guam NewsGuam- The Civil Support Teams (CST) Kontra I Piligru Exercise has been set for next Tuesday, May 21.A media conference was called this morning [Wednesday] at the Hilton Resort to discuss the details of the event. Governor Eddie ... [Published Pacific News Center - May 15 2013]

Entities: Guam, first responders, Ray Tenorio, Guam Army National Guard

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Thai consul visits injured nationals, meets DRRMC officials in Albay

LEGAZPI CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- Thai Consul Rooge Thammongkol in Manila arrived in this city at 10 a.m. Thursday visiting three rescued Thai nationals and monitor the rescue operation for the remaining climber of the same nationality caught up by Mayon’s ... [Published Philippine Information Agency - May 10 2013]

Entities: Consul, Volcano, Office of Civil Defense, Detonation

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 5 reports

PHILIPPINE Air Force

Remains of Mayon explosion victims arrive in Legazpi

LEGAZPI CITY--The remains of the four German nationals who died in the Mayon explosion Tuesday morning arrived Thursday afternoon here.The first two arrived at around 1:25 p.m., followed by the two others about 25 minutes later, at the Tactical Operations ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 09 2013]

Entities: Detonation, PHILIPPINE Air Force, Office of Civil Defense

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Office of Civil Defense

Steep slopes, erratic weather hamper Mayon retrieval ops

LEGAZPI CITY-Mayon Volcano's steep slopes and the unstable weather in the area are hampering efforts by authorities to retrieve the remains of 5 people who died during the volcano's phreatic explosion on Tuesday.Three Air Force choppers that were supposed ... [Published ABS-CBN News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Volcano, Office of Civil Defense, Philippines

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

5 dead as Philippine volcano spews ash, rocks

MANILA, Philippines — Four foreign tourists and a local guide were killed Tuesday when a Philippine volcano ejected ash and rocks in a sudden explosion as they trekked the peak, officials said.Twelve people were injured by the eruption of Mount Mayon ... [Published Daily World - May 08 2013]

Entities: Volcano, Joey Salceda, Philippines, Volcanic Eruption

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Missing Thai national in Mayon blast found alive, says disaster exec

MANILA, Philippines – The Thai national who went missing after Mayon Volcano exploded on Tuesday was found alive, an official of the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol said Wednesday.Boonchai Jattuporngong had broken his right arm and was suffering from ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 08 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Office of Civil Defense, Volcano, Manila

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

NDCC: 4 fatalities in Mayon steam explosion were foreigners

The Philippine Air Force deployed two of its choppers to help in rescue operations.Raffy Alejandro of Office of Civil Defense in Bicol said the five were a half kilometer from the crater when Mayon Volcano spewed ash. ?Apparently kasi may ravine dyan, ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 07 2013]

Entities: Detonation, Volcano, Volcanic Eruption, Office of Civil Defense, PHILIPPINE Air Force

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Peace Group Says P500-M Hunt for Br...

The group, which launched a recent National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM) in Central Mindanao provinces, said the war has only brought a bigger crisis to Mindanao in the form of 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).”Two MILF commanders ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 06 2013]

Entities: Evacuee, Madrasah, Interfaith, Cardozo Luna

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

GHS/OCD Offers Agriculture and Food Vulnerability Training TODAY

Guam News - Community EventsGuam - Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense (GHS/OCD) and the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) are hosting an Agriculture and Food Vulnerability Assessment Training. The two (2) day course will start ... [Published Pacific News Center - May 05 2013]

Entities: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Agriculture, Vulnerability, Guam

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Ondoy, Pepeng Underscore Need for ...

MANILA – Several studies have established that developing countries are exposed to higher risks as a result of climate change. These should move the Philippine government to prioritize disaster risk mitigation management. But, as what typhoons Ondoy and ... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Ondoy (Philippines), Disaster, Office of Civil Defense

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Search ops shift to retrieval as hopes dim for Rizal landfill victims

Hopes dimmed Monday for the chances of survival of the four men trapped in a trash slide at the Rizal Provincial Sanitary Landfill last Friday, as search operations shifted from rescue to retrieval.Lawyer Andy Santiago, spokesman for the sanitary landfill, ... [Published GMA News.tv - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Landfill, Santiago, Office of Civil Defense

Quotes

"The wind over Mayon is most of the time very strong and gives us difficulty in making a landing. Good that the weather improved before noon, giving us a chance to airlift the bodies to Legazpi City" Francisco said.$

Bodies of 4 foreign mountaneers brought down from Mayon [Published Interaksyon - May 10 2013]

...choppers were not able to land on the volcano to get the remains of the 4 foreign tourists-3 Germans and 1 Spanish-and their Filipino tour guide. "Our problem is the weather and the slope of Mayon" he told reporters in a briefing. "Ang weather sa taas changes every minute...

Steep slopes, erratic weather hamper Mayon retrieval ops [Published ABS-CBN News - May 08 2013]

"There's no need to evacuate but we'll continuously monitor the volcano's activity" he said

Retrieval operations in Mayon halted [Published Sun Star Network - May 07 2013]

"No volcanic earthquake was detected within the past 24-hour observation period," the institute said in a bulletin. "Seismic and gas emission parameters remained within the background levels and indicate no intensification of volcanic activity."

Thai hurt in Philippine volcano blast [Published Bangkok Post - May 07 2013]

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Thai consul arrives in Legazpi to check on Mayo... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 09 2013]
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5 dead as Philippine volcano spews ash, rocks [Published Daily World - May 08 2013]
Injured Thai hiker rescued from Mayon [Published Malaya Business Insight - May 08 2013]
Missing Thai national in Mayon blast found aliv... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 08 2013]
Steep slopes, erratic weather hamper Mayon retr... [Published ABS-CBN News - May 08 2013]
5 dead in Mayon eruption [Published Tempo - May 07 2013]
4 dead as Mayon spews rocks, ash [Published Philippines Daily Tribune - May 07 2013]
Retrieval operations in Mayon halted [Published Sun Star Network - May 07 2013]
5 killed in Mayon blast [Published Malaya Business Insight - May 07 2013]
NDCC: 4 fatalities in Mayon steam explosion wer... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 07 2013]
Thai hurt in Philippine volcano blast [Published Bangkok Post - May 07 2013]
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GHS/OCD Offers Agriculture and Food Vulnerabili... [Published Pacific News Center - May 05 2013]
Localized weather forecast for WV soon [Published Panay News - Apr 30 2013]
Mandaue readies for disaster [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 27 2013]

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About 350 Die in Philippine Typhoon, 400 Missing [Published The China Blog - Dec 06 2012] (NEW BATAAN, Philippines) — Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides as the death toll from the southern Philippines’ powerful ...
About 350 Die in Philippine Typhoon, 400 Missing [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Dec 06 2012] (NEW BATAAN, Philippines) — Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides as the death toll from the southern Philippines’ powerful ...
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